Applications for water service shall be made at the Water Department office.
Service pipes shall be installed by the Water Department from the distribution main to the street line only. The charges for service pipes of the several sizes shall be determined by the Water Department for each calendar year. Said Department shall give consideration to actual costs of services of the several sizes constructed in recent years and to the estimated cost of constructing such services in the ensuing calendar year. The installation charge shall be paid at the time of making the application. Digging, backfilling and replacement of pavement shall be arranged for by the owner.
Before the approval of the installation of a service pipe larger than one inch in diameter, a form listing the water requirements of the property to be supplied shall be filed with the Water Department so that the proper size of the meter may be determined.
A. 
Service pipes from the street line to the building are installed by licensed plumbers retained by the owner and paid by the owner. All such installations between the street line and meter setting shall be laid in a manner prescribed by the Water Department and subject to inspection, before backfilling, by a representative of said Department.
B. 
Such service pipes shall be of Type K copper tubing, or other approved pipe, at least one inch and not more than two inches inside diameter. Pipes over two inches in diameter shall be of Class 150 American Water Association standard cast iron water pipe. All pipes shall be laid so as to have at least 4 1/2 feet of cover and shall not be laid in a trench with other pipes or conduits unless separated by a safe distance as approved by the inspector. Service pipes shall be laid at least 10 feet away from any septic tank leaching field.
Plumbers shall furnish and install an approved stop and waste cock or shutoff valve on the service pipe immediately after its entry into the building, except in cases where special permission is given to install the same elsewhere. Said cock or valve shall be of the same nominal size as the service pipe.
Plumbers shall install a meter setting, furnished by the Water Department, in a horizontal position in the house piping immediately after the main shutoff and as near to where the service pipe enters the building as practicable.
All services installed after enactment of this chapter shall be equipped by the owner of the property with an approved valve or stop cock immediately following the meter setting, on the house side, to act as a backflow valve and to prevent the house piping from emptying while the meter is being changed or during other work on the water service pipe.
The installation of combined fire and domestic services will not ordinarily be permitted except by special permission. A separate service connection is required in each case.
All service pipes must be installed and connected to conform to the following rules adopted by the State Department of Health, July 12, 1926, Regulation 118, as follows: "After December 31, 1926, no physical connection between the distribution system of a potable water supply and that of any other water supply shall be permitted unless such other water supply is of a safe sanitary quality and the interconnections of both supplies are approved by the State Department of Health."
Piping systems supplying swimming pools or other tanks in which water may become polluted shall be so arranged as to preclude water reentering the distribution system and shall, in each case, be approved by the Department.
All underground lawn sprinkling systems shall be equipped with check valves and vacuum breakers to prevent back siphonage into the water system. Plans for such a system shall be approved by the Department before the installation is made, and the Department's final on-site inspection and approval is required before backfilling.
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Maintenance of the service pipes from the main to the customer's premises is the responsibility of the Department. The customer, at his own expense, shall maintain the house service connection from the curb box to the interior of the building and shall assume ownership of the Department-approved curb box. The customer shall maintain the house service connection and box in good repair in accordance with reasonable requirements of the Department. Installation of this section of the service shall be performed by a licensed plumber.
B. 
Where there is a leak in any house service connection and the owner of the property cannot be readily found or shall refuse to make immediate repairs, the Department shall have the right to make the necessary repairs, and the cost thereof shall be charged to the customer.
In case a service pipe is abandoned, the Department reserves the right to disconnect such service pipe at the main. If, after such abandoned service has been disconnected at the main by the Department, water service is again desired by the property owner, the same procedure as is required for a new service must be followed.
A. 
The Department or its agent will furnish and install at its expense all replacements of service connections, except when replacement is made at a customer's request for change in location or size of the service. In such cases, the customer shall bear the full expense of relocation or enlargement.
B. 
Replacement costs are considered to include the cost of excavation, backfill, and removal and replacement of paving, walks, curbs, etc., necessarily incurred with respect to each replacement.
The customer is responsible for all costs associated with replacement of the service pipe, valves and couplings.
The customer shall inform the Department prior to backfilling so that the Department may make an inspection to ascertain that the house service connection installation complies with Department requirements. After inspection and approval of the trench, the depth of cover over the service pipe may not be reduced to less than four feet six inches, nor may any connection be made to the service pipe between the street shutoff and the meter. No service pipe shall be turned on without prior approval by the Department.